Top Run Motorsport

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Flag of Italy.svg Top Run Motorsport
TopRunMotorsport Logo.jpg
Founded1977
Team principal(s)Antonio Agnello
Current series TCR South America
Former series TCR International Series, TCR Europe, TCR Italy
Noted driversTCR
51. Flag of Italy.svg Luca Rangoni
Website http://www.toprunracing.com/

Top Run Motorsport is an Italian auto racing team based in Castiglione Olona, Italy. The team currently races in the TCR International Series. Having previously rallied in the World Rally Championship, the team have won four Group N titles. [1]

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TCR International Series

Subaru Impreza STi (2015–)

In April 2015 the team announced their plans to build a TCR-spec Subaru Impreza STi. [1] [2] The team announced their test drivers in August 2015, appointing Gian Maria Gabbiani and Roberto Russo, as the projects development drivers. [3] They conducted their first test in early September, before confirming that the car would make its debut, as planned, in the Singapore round of the 2015 TCR International Series season. [4] [5] It was later announced that Luca Rangoni would drive for the team in Singapore. [6]

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References

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  2. Casillo, Pietro (23 June 2015). "Top Run working hard on TCR Subaru project". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  3. Casillo, Pietro (7 August 2015). "Top Run confirm Subaru test drivers Gabbiani and Russo". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  4. Casillo, Pietro (2 September 2015). "First test for Top Run's Subaru WRX". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  5. Casillo, Pietro (9 September 2015). "Top Run confirms Singapore entry with Subaru WRX". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  6. "Top Run Picks Luca Rangoni For Singapore". tcr-series.com. 11 September 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2015.